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Days after the controversial death of high school teacher and X influencer Albert Ojwang’, The Standard newspaper has made a fresh revelation.

It said GSU officers allegedly raided its newsroom over a fake newspaper cover that accused a top police boss of corruption.

The incident reportedly took place at the Standard Group headquarters on April 22.

According to the media house, a Toyota Probox with the registration number KDD 055Z drove into its parking lot. The number plates, however, were said to belong to a Subaru Forester.

Inside the vehicle were General Service Unit officers. They identified themselves and claimed they were investigating a newspaper front page that had gone viral on social media.

The fake headline, titled The Richest Cop, accused Deputy Inspector General of Police Eliud Lagat of amassing wealth through a network of tribal allies allegedly placed in strategic police positions to collect revenue for him.

KTN, a TV station under the Standard Group, reported in a bulletin that the officers engaged the company’s leadership. Upon confirming that the headline was fabricated and not published by the group, the officers left the premises.

"KTN can now reveal, that days before Ojwang's death, a Toyota Probox bearing registration number KDD 055Z, drove into Standard Group's parking lot on April 22. Inside were officers from the GSU," the news outlet reported.

However, the matter did not end there.

Days later, another counterfeit front page with the headline The Mafia Cop surfaced online.

Around the same period, Albert Ojwang’ was arrested in Homa Bay and transported to Nairobi, where he later died under unclear circumstances while in police custody.

previously reported that Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja told the Senate that Ojwang’ had posted defamatory content targeting senior police officials.

One of his viral posts echoed the claims made in the fake headline, linking DIG Lagat to favouritism, misuse of police structures, and even to a multimillion-shilling Dubai property deal.

Ojwang’s post described Lagat as a "mafia cop" and claimed that the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) was pursuing him, a claim the EACC has since denied.

Following these posts, DIG Lagat lodged a complaint with the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) on June 4. This triggered a probe by the Serious Crimes Unit.

Kanja told senators that digital forensic teams, in collaboration with the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA), traced Ojwang’s X account activity.

They linked it to a group of users publishing similar content.

This led to the arrest of Kevin Moinde in Kisii, who, during interrogation, named Ojwang’ as one of four contributors behind the posts.

However, a twist emerged when CA distanced itself from the investigation.

It said it does not have real-time access to social media data and is not legally allowed to share such information with police.

Source: TUKO.co.ke